Junior Hockey: Warriors fall to Tahoe Icemen, 8-2

BREMERTON – The West Sound Warriors did everything it could to keep visiting Lake Tahoe at bay, but the Icemen scored seven goals in the third period for an 8-2 win Friday at the Bremerton Ice Arena.

It’s the first of a three-game Western States Hockey League Northwest Division series, and the first time the Icemen (26-20-3, 55 points) have played in Bremerton.

West Sound (21-24-1, 43) sits in fourth place behind division-leading Idaho, Tahoe, and surging Bellingham. The Warriors are assured of a playoff spot as one of the four teams to earn a berth into the postseason.

Tahoe got on the scoreboard first with a goal from Lucas Demsar at the 14:24 mark. Lauri Hakanen tied the game at 1-1 for the Warriors three minutes later off assists from Dmitri Munirov and Ruslan Abyanov.

Alec Johnson put West Sound ahead 2-1 off assists from Ethan Cooney and Harri Koll with 54.6 seconds left in the first.

The teams played a scoreless second period as Warriors goaltender Brian Eisele made 13 saves, including two glove saves grabbing the puck out of the air.

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Annette Griffus is a multiple award-winning journalist with 24 years in the newspaper industry, including the last 17 years at the Kitsap Sun in Bremerton, Washington. Annette covered everything from youth sports to high school, collegiate athletics, professional sports including the Olympics in 2004 in Athens, Greece.
She graduated with a Bachelors of Arts in journalism from Eastern Washington University in 1997, and in 2015 she completed her Bachelors of Science degree Summa Cum Laude in Health and Wellness from Kaplan University.
Also in 2015, Annette completed her first triathlon and again in 2016.